A New Friend

As always I am checking the Marine Parents web site and following that to a link called Recruit Parents.  Its a great web site with alot of insightful information, anything from letters to the best day ever Graduation.  As I have a few postings on that web site I was able to connect with someone who more or less is in my shoes and I am in her shoes.

Her name is Melissa.  She has a Fiance that is out at Boot Camp and left the same day that Rob did, she is 20 years old so we are closer in age than some. So I wrote her and email and told her to email me and within about an hour I had an email in my inbox.  As I read her email I thought "Wow we are in the same place right now." I wrote her back and told her I would look her up on facebook when I got home.

Well I got home and looked her up and we instantly were Facebook Chatting.  We talked for a little but online and we had already exchanged phone numbers and we have been texting throughout the day today.

Its nice to know that there is another person out there feeling and thinking the same way I am.  I wrote another letter to Rob, so he is up to 5 at the moment :) Should be about 10-12 by the time I get his address :)  I wrote in the letter that I had connected with another Recruits Girlfriend/Fiancee and attached her fiancees name as well, because Recruits are not going to know each other by first name!  We both joked and laughed about how cool it would be if they are in the same Platoon.  Who knows maybe this is a friendship to be?

I'm not writing this in comparison to the support I have by my family members that's not the case at all, they mean the world to me and their support helps get me through each and every day.  But its knowing that there is another person who is in a completely different state sitting at home, or in class or at work and feeling the exact same feelings as I feel.

I can't wait until we both get our Recruits Address's and can start sending and receiving letters, I have a feeling Melissa and I will be calling each other whenever we get a letter! 

That's all for today!

Thanks Melissa, talk to you soon!